Museum sights in Tampere
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Vakoilumuseo
This popular but off-beat spy museum under the Finlayson centre plays to the budding secret agent in all of us, with a large and well-assembled display of the devices of international espionage, mainly from the Cold War era. As well as histories of famous Finnish and foreign spies, it has numerous Bond-style gadgets and some interactive displays - write your name in invisible ink, tap a telephone call, intercept an email, or measure the microwave emissions of your mobile.
There are folders with English translations, but they are slightly unsatisfying. When it's busy, there are more activities for kids, who can take a suitability test for KGB cadet school.
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Lenin Museum
Admirers of bearded revolutionaries won’t want to miss the small Lenin museum, housed in the Workers’ Hall where Lenin and Stalin first met at a conference in 1905. His life is documented by way of photos and documents; it’s a little dry but it’s fascinating to see, for example, his old school report (a straight-A student) or a threadbare couch that the man slept on. One note, penned shortly before his death in 1924, recommends Comrade Stalin to be ousted from his position as General Secretary. There’s a crazy gift shop where you can buy Lenin pens, badges, T-shirts and other souvenirs of the Soviet era.
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Vakoilumuseo
The offbeat spy museum under the Finlayson centre plays to the budding secret agent in all of us, with a large and well-assembled display of devices of international espionage, mainly from the Cold War era. As well as histories of famous Finnish and foreign spies, it has numerous Bond-style gadgets and some interactive displays – write your name in invisible ink, tap a telephone call, intercept an email or measure the microwave emissions of your mobile. The folders with English translations are slightly unsatisfying though. For a little extra, the kids can take a suitability test for KGB cadet school.
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Vapriikki Museum Centre
The Vapriikki Museum Centre is Tampere's premier exhibition space, in a renovated Tampella mill factory building. As well as changing exhibitions throughout the year, you'll also find the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame, a small display dedicated to Finland's winter passion, with photos, jerseys, sticks and pucks galore. Pride of place goes to the 1995 World Champions trophy.
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Labour Museum
The Labour Museum is dedicated to the history of working and of workers’ movements, with a variety of changing exhibitions covering social history and labour industries. There’s particularly good coverage of the steam engine, with the highlight of one of the enormous wheels that powered up the Finlayson factory in the 19th century.
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Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing
An entire block of 19th-century wooden houses, including 32 apartments, a bakery, a shoemaker, two general shops and a café is preserved in the Amuri Museum of Workers' Housing. It's one of the most realistic home museums in Finland - many homes look as if the tenant had left just moments ago to go shopping.
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Museum of Dolls & Costumes
This fascinating museum at Hatanpää Manor, south of the city, has more than 4000 dolls on display. The oldest and rarest date from the 12th century. There are also temporary exhibitions on various doll-related themes. Hatanpää Manor house is surrounded by the large Arboretum Park.
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Hiekan Taidemuseo
The collection of Kustaa Hiekka (1855–1937), a wealthy industrialist, is contained in the Hiekka museum. There are paintings, furniture and fine old gold and silver items in the impressive building.
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Kivimuseo
Adjacent to the Moomin museum is the small mineral museum, with a huge array of delicate, spectacular crystal formations and vivid colours, as well as fossils that include dinosaur eggs.
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Rupriikki Media Museum
The third museum inside the Finlayson Centre is Rupriikki Media Museum , of interest if you have a passion for the history of media and mass communications.
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